VERBS AND VERBAL MORPHOLOGY OF BALANTAK LANGUAGE

This research aims to describe the distribution of verb and verbal morphological elements of Balantak language in Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi. Balantak as one of the local languages in this regency used by the people as a local language spread into 3 sub districts, such as North Balantak, Central Balantak, and South Balantak, but nowadays there are only under 3.000 speakers who speak this language actively from the total of the citizen is 354.402 and it is dying nowdays. Moreover, this local language is surrounded by other local languages, such as Manado, Bajo, Saluan and Andio, also Indonesian language as a national language. This research uses descriptive qualitative approach. Technique of data collection in this research is direct method. Researcher himself collects the data from the field of the research, which has 34 villages. The findings are very interesting, because this is the very first research on verb and verbal morphology of Balantak language, such as stative verbs, intransitive verbs, transitive verbs and modes

GAY REPRESENTATION IN BECKY ALBERTALLI'S SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA

This study aims to reveal gay habitus in Becky Albertalli's Simon VS The Homo Sapiens Agenda. This study is descriptive qualitative which applies both intrinsic and extrinsic approaches. The intrinsic approach is applied due to the fact that the study deals with the characterization of the main character in the novel. Moreover, the sociological approach is applied because the study is primarily concerned with a social phenomenon reflected in  literary work as the novel portrays the representation of gay habitus reflected in the attitude and behaviours of one of the main characters in the novel. In revealing the gay habitus reflected in the novel, Bourdieu's theory of habitus is applied. The discussion is focused on the Simon's habitation as a gay and the factors that contribute to the formation of Simon's habitus as a gay. The result of the study shows that Simon develops gay habitus. The representations of his gay habitus include are having no attraction to the opposite sex, adoring the same sex, obsessing and fantasizing about the same sex, feeling jealous and cynical to the suspected competitors, and falling in love with the same sex. There are two factors that support the development of Simon's gay habitus i.e. primary and secondary socialization